Strong's Number: 1849 eÍcousiğa
Original Word Word Origin eÍcousiğa from (1832 ) (in the sense of ability) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling Exousia ex-oo-see'-ah
Parts of Speech TDNT Noun Feminine 2:562,238 Definition
power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
leave or permission
physical and mental power
the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
universally
authority over mankind
specifically
the power of judicial decisions
of authority to manage domestic affairs
metonymically
a thing subject to authority or rule 4c
jurisdiction
one who possesses authority 4c
a ruler, a human magistrate 4c
the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
a sign of the husband's authority over his wife
the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
the sign of regal authority, a crown
Translated Words KJV (103) - authority, 29; jurisdiction, 1; liberty, 1; power, 69; right, 2; strength, 1; NAS (102) - authorities, 7; authority, 65; charge, 1; control, 1; domain, 2; dominion, 1; jurisdiction, 1; liberty, 1; power, 11; powers, 1; right, 11;
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